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Anna Mae "Betty" Waterman, 97, passed away Saturday, June 22, 2013, at the Hood River Care Center. She was born Dec. 5, 1915, in Jamaica, Iowa, to Frank Herman and Florence Murl (Meredith) Raaz.
Services are planned for 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at Anderson's Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River.
Betty grew up on her family's farm and had a lovely youth — with the exception of a malevolent goose who enjoyed chasing her around and a Shetland pony, "Tiny," who ran her into the top barn door, breaking her arm. She loved attending community dances hosted by neighbors.
Betty graduated from high school in Iowa and then worked for Montgomery Ward. The majority of her career was spent working in the beautiful US Bank tower in downtown Portland, Ore., as a payroll employee.
On May 17, 1936, Betty wed Raymond Lewis Waterman in Kansas. The two met when Raymond intercepted a suspicious-appearing fellow who was following Betty after leaving work at Montgomery Ward. Raymond walked Betty safely home, the start of a life-long partnership.
Betty and her family enjoyed many weekends and vacations at their Cooper Spur area cabin on Mount Hood. She especially enjoyed feeding chipmunks by hand and fishing the East fork of the Hood River.
Betty served on the PTA at her children's school and was a Camp Fire group leader for her daughter, Susan. Betty was an avid gardener and was known for cultivating gorgeous clematis and double delight roses. She was also a wonderful cook, receiving frequent requests for her legendary applesauce, raisin cake and double-stuffed potatoes.
She enjoyed playing card games, reading Zane Grey novels and watching The Lawrence Welk Show. Above all, she loved spending time with her family who remember her as their greatest advocate and one of the most positive, encouraging individuals they have ever encountered.
Betty is preceded in death by her parents, husband, and her son, David John Waterman (Donna).
She is survived and will be dearly missed by her daughter, Susan Rae Hartford (Patrick); David's four daughters Jessica Waterman-Baker (Thomas), Stacey Waterman-Hoey (Richard), Sarah Beth Waterman and Meredith Castro (Jerry), and Susan's daughter Jillian Cadwell (John), as well as her great-grandchildren Madalyn and Ryan Baker, Aidan and Willa Hoey, Malynne and J.D. Castro and Lorelai Cadwell.
Remembrances may be made to Hospice of the Gorge in care of Anderson's Tribute Center.
Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; 541-386-1000. Please visit www.andersonstributecenter.com to leave a note of condolence for family.
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Branching Out Fresno: Susan Stewart on Anna Akhmatova
Anna Akhmatova, sometimes called 'the poet who buried Stalin' was a writer who pursued her work under extreme conditions of state oppression. She has come to represent the persistence of poetic conscience in the twentieth century. This lecture will look more closely at Akhmatova's poems, from her early love lyrics to her final masterpiece Poem Without a Hero, and we will listen to some recordings of Akhmatova's beautiful rhythmic recitations of her work. Her career shows us how poets do not merely follow and reflect the temporary conditions of society and culture under which they live, for poets can create permanent values through their labor of memory and imagination. The work of Anna Akhmatova provides some of the most important evidence we have that poetry has the capacity to shape what we are as human beings and what we will be.

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The Market for Accountability Journalism
James T. Hamilton
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Please check back later for the full article.
If most voters remain rationally ignorant about the details of public policy, how can politicians be held accountable for their actions? Information markets offer an unprecedented amount of data today to help people in their roles as consumers, workers, and audience members. Yet the stories that help voters hold politicians accountable face a number of hurdles in the market place. Investigative work about public affairs topics is expensive, uncertain, and not always highly demanded. Attempts by candidates to convey ideas through the media faces a conflict between what approaches motivate the marginal voter and what topics are of interest to the marginal viewer. Research in media economics offers evidence on what types of political information gets produced, what the impact of accountability journalism is on the functioning of government, and where market failures exist in the coverage of politics and policy.
Popular Understanding of Democracy
Doh Chull Shin
How well do people around the world understand democracy? Do they support democracy with an informed understanding of what it is? To address these questions, which have largely been overlooked in the literature on democratization, the World Values Survey and three regional barometer surveys are analyzed according to a two-dimensional notion of democratic knowledge. Their analyses reveal that a vast majority of global citizenries especially in post-authoritarian and authoritarian countries are either uninformed or misinformed about the fundamental characteristics of democracy and its alternatives. These findings contradict the popular theses that democracy is emerging as a universal value and it is also becoming the universally preferred system of government. For much of the world today, democracy represents little more than an appealing political symbol that still retains authoritarian practices.


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Professor Morris Ratner will present the inaugural lecture in the UC Hastings Social Justice Speaker Series, to be given by UC Hastings faculty at UC Santa Cruz. Entitled "A Monument Man in the Courtroom: Litigating the Holocaust," this lecture will take place on April 7 at the UC Santa Cruz University Center.
Using his experience litigating Holocaust-era private law claims as a lens, Professor Ratner said his UCSC lecture will also explore "what 'justice' means for victims of major atrocities like the Holocaust, the role of private litigation in advancing social causes, and the ability of individual advocates to prevail on behalf of victims in seemingly lost causes."
Ratner's discussion of social justice lawyering also will address the extent to which "it matters whether social cause lawyers are members of the groups whose interests they seek to advance. For example, did it matter whether the lawyers in the Holocaust cases were--like the victims--Jewish, gay, or Romani?"
The lecture is free and open to the public, although pre-registration is encouraged to ensure a seat.
This event is co-sponsored by UCSC's Legal Studies program, Institute for Humanities Research, Politics Department, Jewish Studies program, Neufeld Levin Holocaust Chair Endowment, the Santa Cruz County Bar Association, and the Santa Cruz Women's Lawyers' Association.
Morris Ratner is best known for prosecuting Holocaust-era private law claims against Swiss, German, Austrian, and French entities that profited from Nazi atrocities. These organizations retained dormant bank accounts, failed to pay on life insurance policies, and benefited from the use of slave labor. Ratner's litigation resulted in a series of settlements that, together, yielded payments in excess of $8 billion to victims of Nazi persecution. Many of Ratner's clients were young children during the Nazi era who had little knowledge of their family's assets, and no idea how to pursue a case or even from whom to seek justice.
Ratner graduated from Stanford University, BA in Economics (1988) and Harvard Law School, JD (1991). He joined the UC Hastings Faculty in 2012, after teaching at Harvard Law School as a visiting lecturer and then as a visiting assistant professor from 2009 to 2011. Before joining the Harvard faculty, Professor Ratner was a litigator at the San Francisco-based plaintiffs' firm Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, where he was a partner for ten years and where he prosecuted product liability, mass personal injury, consumer, and human rights actions.
The UC Hastings Social Justice Speakers Series features UC Hastings professors giving lectures at UC Santa Cruz on important topics in social justice. After Professor Ratner's inaugural lecture, several other UC Hastings professors have agreed to offer upcoming lectures.
Provost and Academic Dean Elizabeth Hillman will speak about her efforts to reform the way sexual assault is handled in the military and her work on various congressional committees on this issue.
Professor Hadar Aviram will speak on the American prison system and the transformation of punishment. Her talk will be based on her forthcoming book (to be published by UC Press), Cheap on Crime, which examines the impact of the financial crisis on the American penal landscape.
Professor Joel Paul will speak about legal reform of child labor in a talk entitled "Trading Up: How to Make Globalization Work for People." The growth in global trade strains the global environment, exploits workers, and challenges traditional cultures. His talk will focus on how society can find a way to harness the market forces of globalization to promote sustainability, improve the lives of workers, and support democratic pluralism.
Professor Osagie Obasogie will speak on how the blind see race, the subject of his new book Blinded by Sight: Seeing Race Through the Eyes of the Blind. The book provides the first look into a previously unknown world – blind people's understanding of race – and discusses what law and society can learn from these experiences as a means to further racial justice.
UC Hastings College of the Law and UC Santa Cruz entered into an agreement to offer a new joint "3+3 BA/JD" program in February 2014. The program, the first of its kind in the University of California system, will enable UC Santa Cruz students to earn a bachelor's degree and law degree in six years instead of the usual seven.
The UC Hastings/UCSC "3+3 Program" will be open to UCSC students from any UCSC major. There are no special undergraduate curricular requirements, and the proposal does not require any new majors, minors, or new UCSC courses. Students will apply to UC Hastings in the typical manner, although a year earlier than normal, including taking the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). A letter from UCSC's Legal Studies program coordinator will also be required. The first class of students to enroll at UC Hastings under the new program will matriculate in the fall of 2015.


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Supergirl #6 (American Cheese Spoilers)
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by Punchy » Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:50 amIt was a little cheesy how Supergirl was rescued from certain death by ghostly apparitions of her parents, but other than that, this was another solid issue. Even that scene did work in a way because Green and Johnson managed to keep it ambiguous as to what the real nature of the vision was. Elsewhere, we get our first look at what I assume is the new Silver Banshee and Supergirl and Reign get into a proper fight. It is convenient that there's a force-field blocking any other heroes from helping her out, but it does make sense, I just want to see her team up with Superman! It was also cool to get a glimpse of Kara's life on Krypton. It's weird that this book is the one that's dealt the most with Krypton out of the Superman family of titles, but I've really liked how the writers have drip-fed us info about the doomed planet. Mahmud Asrar continues to deliver fantastic art, I think this is one of the best looking books of the New 52.
by SaturnKnight » Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:21 pm
I dropped this book for a couple weeks, but found that I missed it much more than I thought I would. By the time the next issue came out, I had to have it. I'm no fan of Simon Tycho as he struck me as too much "Luthor Lite" which was boring. But his accident means he'll return in a new form and not just another evil CEO in a suit.
I wasn't crazy about Reign and the Worldkillers until their full debut in this issue. And the force field technology that Kara's father designed to save Argo City fit in perfectly here. It's a contrivance, but still a contrivance that makes perfect sense.
Some of the splash pages Mahmud Asrar did in this issue were breathtaking--right up there with Doug Mahnke's GL or early Ivan Reis. This guy is very much a superstar artist in the making.
Very much looking forward to George Perez's issue featuring the return of Silver Banshee. This book has really grown on me and is starting to pick up the pace right when it needed to.
by alaska1125 » Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:50 pmThis book was one of the bigger surprises for me in the NuDC launch. I'm really enjoying it. Better, I think, than the Superman titles at this point.
by SaturnKnight » Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:16 am
I like all the Superman titles except for Superboy.
by alaska1125 » Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:47 am
Superboy suffers, fairly or not, by the unfortunate connection to the current (I can't believe it got worse) incarnation of the Teen Titans.
by IvCNuB4 » Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:20 amI really like this title !
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The Politics of Climate Hacking
What happens if one country decides to start geoengineering on its own?
Add this to your list of climate nightmare scenarios: In 2040, facing rising seas, the Qatari government starts polluting the stratosphere in order to cool the planet, precipitating an international crisis and possibly upsetting monsoon patterns.
Freelance atmospheric modification may sound far-fetched, but the potboiler concept was on the agenda last week at an invitation-only, international workshop in Lisbon, Portugal. The private event was the first global powwow designed to explore the political aspects of geoengineering, or the deliberate manipulation of the climate. About 30 scientists and bureaucrats, representing 14 nations, mulled over the implications of global climate control in a wood-paneled conference room. The setting was the verdant grounds of an arts-and-science foundation started half a century ago by Armenian oil baron Calouste Gulbenkian.
The idea that we might solve our climate woes through planet hacking had its political coming-out earlier this month, when White House science adviser John Holdren said geoengineering research has "got to be looked at" by scientists. The work to which he was referring has quietly emerged over the last two years in a steady stream of meetings, a small but increasing number of papers, and substantial ongoing efforts by major science societies. The Lisbon meeting marked the introduction of what had once been the domain of fringe science to the international foreign-policy wonkocracy.
The first presenter, Carnegie Mellon engineer Granger Morgan, began with a review of the geoengineering options at our disposal. Employing a smiling cartoon sun to illustrate the ways radiation might be adjusted in the atmosphere, he rattled them off one by one: carbon-sucking machines, man-made jumbo algae blooms, planetary-scale sunshades to deflect solar rays, brightening clouds to reflect more sunlight. But Morgan's main topic—and the focus for the rest of the meeting—was the concept of spewing aerosol gunk into the stratosphere, known among the geoengineering intelligentsia as the "Pinatubo option." That Ludlum-esque moniker derives from the 1991 volcanic eruption that spewed 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, blocking out a fraction of the sun's rays and cooling the planet by 1 degree Fahrenheit. A Pinatubo approach to geoengineering would involve the deliberate spraying of more sulfur dioxide, or an alternative aerosol, at high altitudes. It's almost certainly the cheapest and most effective method we have for cooling the planet fast. For Morgan and the others, that's exactly what makes it so dangerous.
Modeling studies and data from volcanoes suggest the Pinatubo option could lower global temperatures by 3 degrees or more and compensate for skyrocketing carbon pollution in a matter of months. We wouldn't need any outlandish technology to make it work—just some jet aircraft, naval guns, or aerosol tanks. Reputable studies have suggested that the whole thing wouldn't cost very much, either: To offset the warming caused by all current CO2 emissions would require an outlay of at most $100 billion dollars per year. That's one-five-hundredth of the world's GDP or one-eighth of an economic stimulus package.
"This is not at all hard to do," Granger told the audience, declaring that "a single large nation"—especially a nuclear power, which might act with relative impunity—could easily exercise the option. A run of bad news from the climate scientists might convince a government that the breakup of the Greenland ice sheet was accelerating, and that Earth's low-lying areas were facing an imminent rise of 3 feet or more in sea level. "If, say, a Huckabee administration suddenly woke up and started geoengineering the planet, what could anybody else do about it?" Morgan asked. (One could equally envision a left-leaning, low-lying European nation with the same inclination.) Geoengineering "turns the normal debate over climate change on its head," he and some co-authors wrote recently in Foreign Affairs. Getting nations to agree to cut their greenhouse pollution has proved to be the ultimate free-rider problem, as the biggest nations must all cooperate or the planet will keep getting warmer. The Pinatubo option creates the opposite dilemma: As the discussions in Lisbon made clear, any of a dozen nations could change the global temperature all by itself.
The Pinatubo option could have some very unpleasant side effects, too. An Indian space scientist suggested that deploying the scheme might disrupt various monsoon cycles that provide water to hundreds of millions of people across the world. Granger's graduate student got up afterward and warned the group that computer simulations suggest the technique might lead to a drop in global rainfall. (The aerosols would block solar energy, which drives precipitation systems. She did note that higher temperatures in a world without geoengineering might also yield drier areas.)
Whatever its specific effects, it's easy to see how geoengineering would create confusion and sow international conflict. "If a country like the United States were to do this on their own and China [happened] to go into a decadelong drought, [the Chinese would] want to know what was the cause," explained Ken Caldeira, a geochemist from the Carnegie Institution. "Climate science is not at the point of attributing the cause of weather events." Not every expert at the meeting thought that the unilateral scenario was realistic, but no one downplayed the emerging strategic risk that geoengineering represents. Some mused that rich individuals or corporations—"climate pirates" perhaps?—might even issue their own "Pinatubo ultimatum."
None of the participants were eager to geo-engineer; they'd much rather see humanity stem the problem by ending its greenhouse-gas binge. But they wonder whether it may one day become a necessity. At any rate, it's better to explore it now, they say, so we're as prepared as possible. Everyone at the meeting thought field tests were inevitable fairly soon.
It's not clear how nations would go about regulating such a technology. "There aren't very good analogies," University of Maryland arms-control expert John Steinbruner told me. Treaties that might apply—the Weather Modification Convention, the Outer Space Treaty, the ol' Law of the Sea—wouldn't really cover geoengineering experiments or deployments, he said. Participants wondered whether the U.N. Security Council or a new international treaty might eventually regulate geoengineering, but to cover experiments on the shorter term, scientific societies, national science academies, or the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were each proposed as possible venues for some sort of geoengineering accord.
Or is it too early to be discussing the Pinatubo option at all? Just under the surface of the Lisbon workshop lurked the ever-present worry among scientists that exploring geoengineering could dissuade the public from aggressive and expensive emissions-cutting measures—the risk of moral hazard. In a way, one might hope that the geoengineering alternative weren't available at all, said University of Calgary physicist David Keith. He asked us to imagine one could open a box ("call it Pandora's box") to find out for certain whether it would work. "Which do you wish for?" If it does work, it's going to be a colossal mess, he said. "But on the other hand, if it really serves to be a method of reducing the climate risk, and the climate risk is the essential thing. …" Later, he e-mailed me: "We should wish it works," he wrote.


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Height ain't nothin' but a number.
Whatever happens, this quiz is double the fun. Promise.
To slay, or not to slay?
Which animated hunk will be your bae for life?
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the ~deepest~ of them all? (Warning: This is legit very hard.)
Some of these fakes are seriously spot on!
Test your Hemsworth expertise!
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BELL – Award-Winning Blended Learning
Kineo collaborates with BELL to create blended learning and LMS for teachers in US – and wins award for best blend.
The challenge
BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) is a leading organisation providing after-school tutoring to elementary school children living in low-income, urban communities in the US.
BELL's success meant that it was growing fast and expanding into new regions in the US. BELL needed to extend the reach of its innovative training programmes beyond what was possible for its core training team to deliver. Its team turned to the potential of elearning to provide an engaging, interactive solution that would extend beyond classroom training – to create a blended solution that could support a diverse target audience who required training simultaneously in multiple regions. The elearning needed to act as a prerequisite to classroom sessions, to reduce classroom time and costs.
The solution
After a competitive tender, Kineo was awarded the opportunity to partner with BELL. The project scope included:
- 13 interactive elearning modules, built with the Atlantic Link authoring tool and Moodle functionality
- Development and delivery of a highly customised Moodle to launch, track and provide in-depth reporting on learner progress across all regions
- Interim hosting and support for learners throughout the pilot period
Making the most of Moodle
We applied our extensive Moodle experience to create a highly customised platform for access to the elearning. The Moodle implementation includes interactive graphical menus for: modules, learner blogs, a CEO blog to keep the site informative and up to date, a range of activities and assignments for learners to ensure they engage with and apply the learning, and a range of discussion forums actively managed by the BELL team.
Engaging elearning
Our research included trips to BELL programmes in New York to feature real images of tutors and scholars in the programme. These form the backdrop for learners to be placed in challenging situations where they determine the next best step to take, receiving feedback from a coach, and direction to supporting information to help them succeed.
Enhanced reporting
A key success factor was being able to report on learner completion by module, by activity within modules, by region, and by school. We developed customised Moodle reports to provide all the management information required to manage performance and completion, and to enable BELL to be self-sufficient in running reports.
The results
- Classroom training costs reduced by two-thirds
- The blended approach meant that BELL could expand into two new regions through the increased flexibility
- 90% of teachers said the elearning gave them a good understanding of BELL's programme model
- 99% of learners said the elearning helped them identify ways to live the BELL mission, vision, and values in their daily work
- 99% of learners said the elearning enabled them to use efficacy to ensure their scholars' success
- 93% of learners said the elearning prepared them to plan their literacy, maths, and enrichment lessons effectively
The Training Magazine Awards judges noted:
- The solution targeted for the least common denominator desktop environment
- Good strategy to extend the programme without staff
- Interesting combination of tools used
- Clear cost savings and increased capacity
- Extensive feedback; learner and management satisfaction high
- Good interactivity
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CHEM 496W Senior Research Projects II (.5)
Each student carries out an independent research project under the supervision of a research advisor. Weekly meetings include seminars, discussions of research methods, guidance in effective scientific communication, and current topics in chemistry. The course culminates with a written senior thesis and a formal oral presentation. Laboratory Required.
- General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Writing-centered
- Prerequisite: CHEM 495W
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Turkey may buy more Iranian natural gas (NYMEX:NGN14) if a price dispute can be settled, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with Hassan Rouhani, the first Iranian president to visit Turkey in 18 years.
Erdogan said he and Rouhani discussed gas pricing during a meeting in Ankara yesterday and asked energy ministers from the two countries to keep working on it. Turkey filed a complaint to the International Court of Arbitration in 2012 over the price of the gas it imports from Iran. Turkey is seeking a 25 percent discount on about 10 billion cubic meters of gas it purchases from Iran annually, the state-run Anadolu agency said today.
"We have decided to improve relations in gas, oil and electricity, even though there are some snags," Rouhani said at a joint press conference in the Turkish capital late yesterday, describing the talks as a "turning point" in relations.
Rouhani is seeking to reconnect Iran with the world economy after a decade of isolation. Trade with neighboring Turkey plunged last year as a result of U.S.-led sanctions. The countries have also sparred over Syria, where they're supporting different sides in the civil war. Rouhani told a business forum in Ankara today that Iran was determined to facilitate business for private companies.
Arbitration case
Turkey rejected withdrawing the arbitration case against Iran and found the Islamic republic's proposal to resolve the dispute unsatisfactory, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said today. Talks will continue on reducing price of gas from Iran next week.
"Iran wants to know the amount of possible increase in gas purchase and we want to know on what price such an increase will be based on," Yildiz said. "Gas bought from Iran is the most the expensive among Turkish imports and we maintain hope for a discount because it is unsustainable."
Rouhani was accompanied on his trip to Turkey by more than 100 businessmen, seven ministers and central bank Governor Valiollah Seif, according to his Twitter account. The countries agreed to link their railway networks and improve cooperation in banking, Rouhani told an earlier news conference with Turkish President Abdullah Gul.
A regional rival to Iran, Turkey is also "a very important potential partner that could help Rouhani" as he seeks to ease Iran's isolation, said Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, director of the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Ankara, in an email on June 6.
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Fall 2006
New York Opens Second Mega-Courthouse
With the completion of the Bronx County Hall of Justice this winter, New York will open - for the second time in as many years - one of the largest courthouses ever built in the United States. Together, the new Bronx courthouse and the Brooklyn Supreme Criminal and Family Courthouse, which opened in July 2005 (see Benchmarks, Fall 2005), add 131 courtrooms and more than 1.5 million square feet to the New York City courts.
The new Bronx County Hall of Justice
The two mega-courthouses could not be more different. The Brooklyn courthouse is 32 stories, built on a relatively small site (for a million square-foot structure) and designed to blend in with neighboring high-rise office buildings. In contrast, the 775,000 square-foot Bronx courthouse is nine stories high but runs two full city blocks, and its glass and aluminum facade contrasts sharply with its neighbors.
Rafael Viñoly, architect of the Bronx courthouse, sought a design that would give the judicial system an image of openness and transparency, rather than the opaque, closed feeling of the traditional courthouse. "What interested me was transforming the public's perception that the building ... represented an institution that was seen as closed and in need of protection from the community," said Viñoly. "The [new] building speaks to the participatory and the democratic nature of the judicial system and its fundamental and constructive mission in our society."
The feeling of transparency and openness permeates the building. The courtrooms, jury deliberation rooms and robing rooms, all of which are in the interior of the building, have natural light from clerestory windows that "borrow" daylight from the corridors between the courtrooms
and the exterior wall. The materials used throughout were chosen both to be durable and to enhance the sense of openness. The floors are terrazzo, with painted wood paneling on the walls. Glass railings and interior partitions allow natural light into the interior spaces. Double-layered frosted glass ensures visual and acoustic privacy in attorney-client rooms. All the woodwork in the courtrooms is beechwood paneling.
There are 47 courtrooms for the Bronx Criminal Division, seven grand jury rooms and space for the Department of Corrections, the Department of Probation, the Bronx District Attorney and other criminal justice agencies. Criminal Division Administrative Judge John Collins welcomes the added courtrooms, "witness prep" rooms and jury waiting areas, noting that the division has been "really strapped for space" in its current quarters in two courthouses.
The facility features a large, open plaza and park on its north side, for use by the community and the school that is immediately adjacent to the courthouse (see article). "The plaza has parking below, so that no parking is beneath the courthouse, and provides a significant amenity for recreational use and respite by the local residents," said Jay Bargmann, vice president of Rafael Viñoly Architects.
Eight courtrooms have audio and video recording and evidence presentation capabilities, and real time transcription will be available soon, according to Fred Wilmers, project director with Rafael Viñoly Architects. "There are flat-screen video monitors throughout the courtroom well and two large flat-screen monitors for the spectators to view." A monitor in the holding cells adjacent to the courtrooms allows dangerous or unruly defendants to view courtroom proceedings. Four courtrooms are equipped for inmate video appearances, while two video teleconferencing kiosks allow attorneys to interview clients at Rikers Island correctional facility.
The large jury assembly room, located in a cylindrically shaped structure set into the plaza, "is the architectural focus of the project, much like a domed rotunda of civic buildings of the past. We chose to make the jury assembly room the symbolic focus of the project," explained Wilmers. The room seats 495 jurors.
The Oklahoma City bombing, which occurred after the project design began, prompted comprehensive rethinking of security in a glass structure. Bullet-resistant glazing is used in the lobbies and judges' areas. The glass is above street level, primarily on circulation routes along the exterior. Where higher security is needed, "the glass is provided with a ceramic frit to prevent direct viewing from surrounding high-rise buildings," said Bargman. The public plaza is blast resistant, as are the loading dock and mail room structures. The main entrance accommodates 10 magnetometers and X-ray machines.
The north side of the court complex, with
the jury
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The building has many "green" features, including water conservation. Extensive use of daylight and advanced heating and air-conditioning systems make it energy efficient.
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F.A. Davis Company announces the publication of the 22nd Edition of Taber's in print, mobile, and web formats. For nearly 75 years, nursing and healthcare students, educators, and practitioners have turned to Taber's as their all-in-one, go-to source in the classroom, clinical, and beyond.
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Taber's 22 is today's most comprehensive health science dictionary. Under the editorial direction of Donald Venes, MD, MSJ, a team of expert consulting editors and consultants representing every branch of health care, work with the Taber's in-house editorial staff to ensure that the content is current, comprehensive, and concise.
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A great way to interact with the native cultures in Panama is by staying overnight in one of their villages, whether alongside a river with the Emberá or on one of the many islets in Guna Yala. You can also go camping in the National Parks, which are mostly protected areas but allow you to set up a tent inside their limits for a small fee.
Faced with a lack of traditional camping grounds, camping in Panama is an opportunity to use your imagination and explore options. Being able to go camping symbolizes self-definition and hope, for the many generations yet to come.
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While organizing paint out groups for an art club I have discovered many lovely spots in and around this city. We have beaches, mountains, and deserts which are all close enough for a day trip of sketching and painting.
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By the time you read this, I will hopefully be on my way out of Portland, Oregon — having just attended The One Motorcycle Show. I say hopefully because the Polar Vortex dumped a bunch of cold fluffy white stuff on the ground on Friday, and the Portlandians have been calling it a snowmageddon ever since they slowly began littering the streets with stranded vehicles.
The weather may have been wreaking havoc on the highways and in town, Portland is after all where Volvo station wagons go to die, but it didn't keep the hordes of motorcycle fans away from the show — in fact, some intrepid souls even road their way to the packed two-floor exhibit.
As one can expect from the Portland motorcycle scene, the atmosphere was hipster-chic, and laden with PBR cans, form fitting jeans, and epic beards.
Not exactly our cup of tea here at Asphalt & Rubber (I wore my best plaid shirt in an effort to blend with the natives, but was easily called out for my blasé attitude towards free-trade coffee), but that's just fine — we like motorcycles just as much as the next guy or girl, and that's what it is all about. Right?
For those who aren't familiar with the concept behind The One Motorcycle Show, the idea is pretty simple and centers around the idea of that one motorcycle that fits all your tw0-wheeled needs and lusts.
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Rev. Roy C. Jones, age 74, of Big Spring, Texas (former resident of Sweetwater, Texas) passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2012, at Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home in Big Spring, Texas where he had been a resident for seven years. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at Mt. Rose Baptist Church with Rev. E. L. Wilson officiating and Rev. Tommy Jackson will serve as conductor. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at Texas State Veterans Cemetery, Abilene, Texas with Fort Hood U.S. Army Honor Guard. Arrangements are under the direction of Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home. A wake will be held Monday, August 27, 2012, from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Rev. Jones was born Sept. 27, 1937, in Caldwell, Texas, to Issac Jones, Sr. and Lela (Banks) Jones. He married Jo Ann Jones on Nov. 15, 1986, in Littlefield, Texas. Rev. Jones was a minister at Mt. Rose Baptist Church for 10 years before retiring. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army and Navy. He is survived by his wife Jo Ann Jones of Sweetwater; one brother, Morris Jones and wife Virgie of Sweetwater; two step sons, Roderick Stubblefieldand wife Ronda of Austin, Texas and Reginald Stubblefield of Austin, Texas; 10 grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his parents, Issac and Lela Jones; four brothers, Austin Lee "Pig Jones, Issac Jones, Jr., Archie Jones and Earlie Jones; and one sister, Earline Jones. Pallbearers will be Walter Blueford, Hilton Bender, Marvin Green, Jimmie Nelson, Webster Williams and Charles Walker.


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The 'phones are made of the same durable material used in high-end eyewear and come with a cloth covered cable, more often seen on home hi-fi gear. The ear cups are made of leather, and the active noise cancellation system employed can run for up to 45 hours on a single battery.
Unlike some other headphones, such as the Beats by Dr Dre Studio, the Mode M40 also work, even when there is no power for the ANC, albeit with no cancellation effect. This is important for those on long flights who have no access to spare batteries.
Each earpiece includes a 40mm woofer with active crossover, while a 15mm tweeter provides clarity for high frequencies. Frequency response, therefore, is 20Hz - 20kHz.
Input impedance (@ 1kHz) is 32ohms, while sensitivity (@ 1mW, 15mm) is 97.5dB. The whole shebang weighs just 356g.
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A transfer of $100,000 is expected to build back up the county's salary reserve fund for any retirements this year.
The Auglaize County commissioners this week approved the transfer from the contingencies fund to the salary reserve fund, which was established a couple years ago to help pay out vacation and sick time obligations offered as part of the county's financial severance package upon an employee's retirement.
Auglaize County Commissioner Doug Spencer said they had just a little more than $12,000 left in the account going into 2012.
"We're putting the $100,000 in to build it back up to prepare for future retirements," Spencer said. "It's a good way to make sure we have it covered if and when other county employees retire this year."
Auglaize County Auditor Janet Schuler said the 18 retirements in 2011 cost the county $128,344.49 in severance pay, but it wasn't the highest number of retirements in recent years. 2010 holds that record with 21 retirements.
The four years prior to that, nine people retired each year.
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- 1999
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- Rocket Power Episode Guide
- Cartoon Characters: Oswald "Otto" Rocket, Regina "Reggie" Rocket, Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez, Sam "Squid" Dullard, Ray Rocket, Tito Makani, Violet Stimpelton, Merv Stimpleton, Lars Rodriguez, Eddie, Sputz, Oliver van Rossen, Mrs. Dullard.
- Vocal Talent: Joseph Ashton (Otto Rocket, Shayna Fox (Reggie Rocket), Sam Saletta (Sam Dullard), Ulises Cuadra (Twister Rodriguez), Edie McClurg (Violet), John Kassir (Ray Rocket), Ray H. Bumatai (Tito Makani), Lombardo Boyar (Lars Rodriguez).
- Directed By Andrei Svislotski.
- Produced By Susan Ward.
Co-Producers: Michael Bloom, Andy McElfresh.
Executive Producers: Gabor Csupo, Arlene Klasky.
Co-executive Producer: Eryk Casemiro.
Supervising Producer: Cella Nichols Duffy.
Creative Producer: Jim Duffy.
- Written By David Regal.
Teleplay By: Adam Beechen, Michael Bloom, Andy McElfresh.
- Story Consultant: David Regal.
- Script Manager: Jackie Bustos.
- Casting: Barbara Wright, C.S.A.
- Voice Director: Charlie Adler.
- Art Direction, Main Characters Design: Serge Shramkovsky.
- Main Title Design: Jim Duffy, Bela Kerek, Steve Loter.
- Storyboards: Louie Del Carmen, Ian Graham, Dave Krocker, Bryan Maille, Luther McLaurin, Joseph Scott.
- A.D. Supervisor: Samuel Williams.
- Assistant Director: Barbara Duffy.
- Animatic Scanner: Jesse Gutierrez.
- Background Designs: Geoffrey Anderson, Levente Fodor, Julia Kalantarova, Gamlet Khoudaverdian, Misha Michelson, Vladi Rubizhevsky, Narina Sokolova.
- Character Design Supervisor: Sharon Ross.
- Character Designs: Larissa Brown-Marantz, Carlos R. Ortega, Keith Wong, Rafael Zentil.
- Animation Timing Supervisor: Gasho Gasparovic.
- Animation Timers: Michel Lyman, Younghee Higa, Paul Riley, Bill Wolf.
- Color Design Supervisor: Kevin Gallegly.
- Color Design: Shannon Bergman, Beth Andre King, Bike Kinzle, Gordon Swan, Renan Tolon.
- Color Scanner: Linda Washington.
- Checking Supervisor: Glenn Higa.
- Checker: Lin-Z Rogers.
- Continuity Checker: Connie Kramer.
- Post Production Manager: Maretta Stiles-Cole.
- Post Production Supervisor: Brent Kirnbauer.
- Supervising Picture Editor: Peter Tomaszewicz.
- Recording Engineer: Scott Mathers.
- Assistant Picture Editor: Richard Glazerman.
- Re-Recording Mixer: Martin Hutcherson.
- Dialogue Editors: Rick Arbuckle, Rob Hache, Mike Myles, Michelle Rochster.
- Effects Editor: Derek Vanderhorst.
- Music Editing: David Eccles.
- Background Editor: Enzo Treppa.
- Foley Mixer and Editor: Derek Pippert.
- Foley Editor: David Cannella.
- Foley Artists: Anita Cannella, Dustin O'Halloran.
- Foley Recordist: Hilary Goldberg.
- Script Coordinator: Sarah Cunningham.
- Research Coordinator: Gabriel Sullivan.
- Casting Coordinator: Stephan A. McKenzie.
- Casting Adiministrator: Beth Andre King.
- Production Coordinators: Lisa Atlas, Chrystian Dulac, Pernelle Hayes.
- Production Assistant: Caitlin Alexander.
- Post Production Assistants: Amanda Bell, Miguel Villegas.
- Accounting Assistants: Jen Wegrzyn, Karen Barrezueta, Lubia Zapata.
- Digital Video Post Production: Todd-AO/Hollywood Digital, Bary Cohen, Dan Aguilar, George Delany, Andy Williams.
- Track Reading: Glenwood Editorial.
- Lip Assignment: Kent Holaday.
- Overseas Animation Facilities: Anivision Korea, Sunwood Digital International.
- Overseas Studio Executive: Jae Y. Moh.
- Overseas Supervising Director: Jack Heiter.
- Developed by: Vic Wilson, Eryk Casemiro, Michael Bloom, Andy McElefresh.
- Soundtrack Music: Tone Casualties, David Eccles- Phlugerville, Surfriot, Expect the Uninspected, The Wipeouters - P-Twaang.
- Nickelodeon Production Executive: Lora Lee.
- Executive in charge of Production: Terry Thoren.
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Sam and Twister's parents force them to take a junior lifeguard class on the beach, which prompts Otto, who thinks junior lifeguards are lame, to goof on them. But Rocket-Boy changes his tune later when Sam and Twist rescue Tito from an accident after he falls... (more)
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The reaction to the deadly Connecticut school shooting can be seen at gun stores and self-defense retailers across the nation, with anxious parents buying armored backpacks for children and firearms enthusiasts stocking up on assault weapons in anticipation of tighter gun control measures.
A spike in gun sales is common after a mass shooting, but the latest rampage has generated record sales in some states, particularly of rifles similar to the AR-15 the gunman used in an attack Friday on Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 26 people, including 20 children.
Colorado set a single-day record for gun background check requests the day after the shootings, while Nevada saw more checks in the two days that followed than any other weekend this year. Records were also set in Tennessee, California and Virginia, among others.
Some gun shop owners stopped selling their remaining stock of military-style rifles, anticipating only more interest and value after President Barack Obama on Wednesday instructed his administration to create concrete proposals to reduce gun violence.
Robert Akers, a Rapid City, S.D., gun seller who specializes in such rifles, said the rush of customers had transformed his Rapid Fire Firearms store into a "madhouse" and that he's not actively selling the guns and has turned off his phone.
"The price is only going to go up higher," he said.
There was also an unusual increase in sales for armored backpacks designed to shield children caught in shootings, according to three companies that make them.
The armor inserts fit into the back panel of a child's backpack, and sell for up to $400, depending on the retailer. The armor is designed to stop bullets from handguns, not assault weapons like the one used in the shooting at the Newtown, Conn., school.
Still, the manufacturers and some parents say that while they don't guarantee children won't be killed, they could still be used as shields.
Ken Larson, 41, of Denver, Colo., already had an armored backpack for himself and persuaded his wife to buy one for their 1-year-old after the latest shootings. He knows the backpack won't guarantee his son's safety. But, he added, it was a worthy precaution.
"It's a no brainer. My son's life is invaluable," Larson said. "If I can get him a backpack for $200 that makes him safer, I don't even have to think about that."
Some experts, however, say sending children to school in armored backpacks is not a healthy response to fear about mass shootings. Anne Marie Albano, psychiatry director at Columbia University's Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders, said parents should convey calmness, not anxiety.
"This is not serving to keep children safe," she said. "This is serving to increase their fear and their suspicion of their peers."
At Amendment II in Salt Lake City, sales of its children's backpacks and armored inserts have increased, with 200 purchase requests Wednesday alone.
"The incident last week highlights the need to protect our children," said co-owner Derek Williams. "We didn't get in this business to do this. But the fact is that our armor can help children just as it can help soldiers."
Kerry Clark, president of Texas-based Backpackshield.com, began making the backpacks after the deadly mass shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007. Clark said he sold 15 backpacks Wednesday. Prior to Friday's shooting, he said, the company would sometimes go an entire month and just sell one.
"It's the busiest I've seen it in my life," he said.
Bullet Blocker, a Massachusetts-based company that sells the backpack armor, declined to provide sales numbers but noted that recent sales were substantially more than normal.
Sales of assault weapons also were on the rise.
Austin Cook, general manager of Hoover Tactical Firearms in suburban Birmingham, Ala., said the spike in sales since Friday's shootings has been so intense that federal background checks that typically take five minutes or less are now taking up to an hour.
Cook said about 50 people were waiting in line for his store to open the morning after the shootings, and that he's since sold nearly all of his assault weapons. Now, he's trying to find more distributors.
"I can't keep them in the store," Cook said.
In Pittsburgh, Dick's Sporting Goods said it was suspending sales of modern rifles nationwide because of the shooting. The company also said it's removing all guns from display at its store closest to Newtown.
Aaron Byrd, co-owner of Patriot Shooting Sports in Youngsville, N.C., is sold out of the AR-15 rifles, ammo for those types of guns and high-capacity magazines.
"Things have been crazy the past couple of days. A lot of people have been coming in looking to purchase semiautomatic rifles. They're worried that the government's going to ban semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity magazines, so they've been coming in looking for those," he said.
He added, "I think it is a knee-jerk reaction by both parties — both the government and the citizens."
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Duke advances past Florida
Late rally sparks Blue Devils comeback
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - After watching its three-goal lead evaporate early in the second half, fifth-ranked Duke closed out the game with a 5-0 run to earn a 13-9 victory over No. 4 Florida in NCAA quarterfinal action.
With the win, the Blue Devils, who improve to 15-4 overall, advance to the national semifinals for the sixth time in program history and the first time since 2008, while Florida finished its year with a 16-4 overall ledger.
"I'd like to congratulate Florida on an unbelievable season," head coach Kerstin Kimel said. "They deserve all the credit and congratulations from their coaching staff, to their kids. I just can't say enough about how hard we had to work this week to get ready for them. That is really a testament to how talented they are and how hard they worked all season."
The two teams were evenly matched across the board, with Florida holding the slight edge in total shots, 23-21. However, Duke earned the advantage on the draw with a 13-11 margin, including an 8-2 lead in the first half which allowed the Blue Devils to take a 6-3 lead into halftime.
"We have people who have been here," added senior Sarah Bullard. "We knew that they were going to come at us, but we also knew that if we could stay our course and play our game, we would win."
Kat Thomas turned in a solid, all-around performance with three goals, an assist and four draw controls. All three of Thomas' goals came in the second half, with her final score giving Duke a two-goal cushion with 4:13 remaining. Bullard also netted a hat trick in the game, while redshirt junior and Tewaaraton finalist Emma Hamm added two goals, an assist, two caused turnovers and two ground balls.
In addition, Christie Kaestner totaled four points on two goals and two assists. The Trappe, Md., native has dished out 45 assists this season to set the Duke single season record, breaking the previous mark (44) set by Kristen Waagbo in 2007.
Despite temperatures in the 90s and Florida recording the first goal of the contest, it was Duke who came out strong at the beginning as the Blue Devils established a 4-2 lead in the first 10 minutes. Kaestner got Duke on the board three minutes in, and Bullard followed to give the Blue Devils a 2-1 lead at the 6:30 mark.
Florida tied things up at two just over a minute later, but Duke closed out the half on a 4-1 run, starting with Hamm's goal at 9:33. Kaestner pushed Duke's advantage to two a minute later off a Thomas assist and the Blue Devils' offense continued to click following a Gator goal as Hamm and Hommel added free position goals to give Duke the 6-3 lead.
A defensive stalemate ensued for the remaining 9:35 of the half, and Duke would head into the locker room with a 6-3 lead.
"We weren't going to pretend that the heat wasn't going to be an issue today," added Kimel. "We were trying to be really mindful and deliberate about how we managed our possessions. Our offense did a really great job of pushing the tempo at times and then pulling back and being very deliberate with what we were running. Our intention was to be really on top of our game management in order to manage the heat."
However, Duke's lead was short-lived in the second half as Florida stunned the Blue Devils with a 6-2 streak over the first 12:34 of the second stanza to take a one-goal lead. The Gators took went up 9-8 with 17:26 to play after Janine Hillier netted back-to-back goals.
"We knew the draw was going to be so important in our game," said Kimel. "That's where we saw momentum slipping is that we weren't winning the draw. Florida does an astounding job of pushing tempo off the draw and we were giving those up. That really went against our game plan. We called a timeout to recollect and refocus everyone and take a deep breath. I thought our girls did a great job coming out of that timeout of recapturing momentum and possessing the ball and working our offense."
Despite the drastic shift in momentum, the rest of the game belonged to the Blue Devils. Kaestner found a cutting Bullard to tie the game at nine-all and a minute later, Hamm fed Quirke for arguably the biggest goal of the game to give Duke a 10-9 lead with 13:13 to play.
Nine minutes elapsed before Thomas registered her third goal to put Duke up two with 4:13 to play. The Blue Devils, playing a man up after a Florida yellow card, controlled the remainder of the contest as the Gators were unable to regain possession. Bullard and senior Virginia Crotty added the final two scores for Duke to close out the game.
Three Gators - Kitty Cullen, Janine Hillier and Caroline Chesterman - netted two goals each, but the Blue Devils' defense was able to stymie a talented Florida offense for much of the game.
"Our mindset this year has been to face every game as a nameless, faceless opponent," said Hamm. "It doesn't matter how much experience the other team has, we're going in knowing who we are and what experience we have and going forward from there."


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Paul Smith was born on January 25, 1889 in Woodsboro, Md., the oldest of eight children of Charles Edward and Florence Burnetta Smith. Educated in the local schools, he entered Walkersville High School in 1904 with 14 classmates, yet was the only one to graduate four years later. He spent one year at Blue Ridge College in New Windsor, Md., where he and his brothers cleaned rooms in order to pay room and board.
In 1912 he married Henrietta Foust Menges and they had three daughters: Jeanne Smith Gardes, Polly Smith Moyer '48; and Lois Smith Harrison '45, chair of the Hood College Board of Trustees.
An extremely successful businessman, Mr. Smith started in 1909 as secretary to the manager of the Washington, Frederick and Gettysburg Railway Company, a local trolley line. Three years later he was made general agent of the railroad's successor, the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Company.
In 1914 he became a pioneer in the commercial and residential use of electricity when the company named him head of a newly established department created to handle a neophyte commercial and residential electric business. In the early 1900s, use of electricity was almost solely limited to railways. The business grew quickly and in 1923 became known as the Potomac Edison Company. Mr. Smith was promoted to president in 1932 and served in this capacity until his retirement in 1957. He also helped establish, and then served as president of, the Southeastern Utilities Exchange, as association of utility companies serving the Southeastern area of the United States. Well liked and respected by his employees and business associates, he was known for his high standards, sound business principles, belief in teamwork, and open door policy.
Mr. Smith first became affiliated with Hood when he was appointed to the Hood College Board of Trustees in 1937 to fill the unexpired term of Andrew Brodbeck. A true and sincere friend, he was an ardent supporter, trusted advisor, and visionary builder who stayed involved with Hood for 27 years until his death in 1964 at age 75. He was appointed president of the board in 1948 and served with three presidents: Henry Stahr, Andrew Truxal, and Randle Elliot. Under his leadership, Hood's enrollment increased 40 percent and four buildings were erected and equipped: Gambrill Gymnasium, Lillian Brown Hodson Science Building, Coffman Chapel, and Smith Hall, the residence hall that bears his name. He was also instrumental in guiding the establishment of the College's retirement program which was implemented after his death.
A public-spirited citizen and great humanitarian, he was known as "The First Citizen of Western Maryland." A charter member of the Frederick Rotary Club, he was vitally interested in young people and was drawn to service through the Frederick YMCA. When transferred to Hagerstown, he became active in the community, holding leadership roles in the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, YMCA, Washington County Hospital, and Washington County Community Chest. He was active on the boards of the Union Manufacturing Company, Mutual Insurance Company of Frederick, the Francis Scott Key Hotel, and the Frederick printing firm of Marken and Bielfeld, and was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Southeastern Engineering Society.
He was instrumental in raising money for the newly established Hagerstown Junior College and was active with the Maryland State School Survey Commission. He was a founding member and served until his death on the Maryland Port Authority.
A lifelong member of the Reformed Church, Mr. Smith once taught a men's bible class of more than 350 members. He helped establish the Washington County Council of Churches, served on the Committee of the Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church, was a delegate to the Home Missions, and was active in the Hagerstown Roundtable of Christians and Jews. He also was on the board of Lancaster Theological Seminary and served as vice president of the board of Massanutten Academy.
Progress and excellence were his goals for Hood and all his business, personal and humanitarian pursuits. He believed in responsibility to the community and working hard to achieve worthy goals. According to his daughter, Lois Smith Harrison '45, "He and my mother encouraged us by example and counsel to give of ourselves fully to our community—to give our time, service and money for the good of others."


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By Heather Dinich | ESPN.com
According to Florida State safety Lamarcus Joyner, you'd never know by watching practice on Tuesday that the Seminoles lost a starting defensive end to a torn ACL, or that their prized defensive coordinator was just hired as head coach at Kentucky – all just days before facing Georgia Tech's spread option offense in Saturday's Dr Pepper ACC championship game.
"It was a great environment today in practice," Joyner told NoleNation's David Hale. "Guys like [Ronald] Darby, P.J. [Williams], young future stars just enjoying themselves. They know they can play ball. That's where we're at now as a program because we have a lot of great kids. Everybody was into it. No one's walking around with their heads down. We're just trying to win a championship that hasn't been done here in a long time."
Florida State's defense has to bounce back big time in order for the Noles to win the program's first ACC title since 2005. With defensive coordinator Mark Stoops having one foot out the door, and leading tackler Tank Carradine sidelined with a torn ACL he suffered against the Gators, Florida State has to somehow find a way to play disciplined enough to slow down Georgia Tech's unfamiliar triple option. These two programs haven't faced each other in over three years, and FSU's usually stingy defense is coming off an unflattering performance in a 37-26 loss to rival Florida.
The Gators ran for 244 yards on Saturday – easily the most FSU had allowed all season. By comparison, Florida State didn't allow Atlantic Division opponents Maryland, Boston College, Wake Forest and NC State that many rushing yards combined (239). Clemson was the only team in the division to rush for more than 100 yards against the Noles, and three other teams -- FCS schools Savannah State and Murray State, and rival Miami, were each held under 40 rushing yards.
For the first time all year, the Seminoles' defensive line was beaten up front for a majority of the game.
"Well, it wasn't a bad game," said defensive end Bjoern Werner. "[We] didn't have a good rushing defense, but we're going to fix things up this week and prepare well against Georgia Tech and their triple option and hopefully have a good game.
"Everybody in the box has to play their assignment," he said. "They can't get greedy and try to make a play. Everybody has to just play his assignment, what they're supposed to do, and then we'll be successful."
Successful at slowing the Jackets down, maybe, but not stopping them entirely. Georgia Tech is averaging 323.33 rushing yards per game, trailing only Army and Air Force nationally. The Yellow Jackets have rushed for more yards than any FBS team since 2008, and the program is 115 yards shy of rushing for 20,000 total yards in the five seasons under head coach Paul Johnson.
"Oh, it's a huge challenge, and it's going to be a very -- we have to have a lot of discipline, we have to have a lot of confidence in what we're doing," FSU coach Jimbo Fisher said. "We've been developing a plan, and we're looking at it and we're going to have to be very disciplined how we go about it and deep great leverage on the ball, and it will be a huge challenge. That's one of the advantages that Georgia Tech does have is that when you don't play them off an off week or a long period of time, that one week turnaround is extremely tough."
Having to do it without Carradine and knowing it will be the last game for Stoops could make for an emotional sideline. Those kinds of intangibles have also been known to be inspiring, too, and everyone within FSU's program was thrilled for Stoops' opportunity. It just so happens he still has one more game to coach with FSU, and it's the most important one.
Fisher said the news about Stoops hasn't been a distraction to the team's preparation this week.
"We've got to get through this week," Fisher said. "It's all about Georgia Tech right now and we're doing a great job of keeping focus on Georgia Tech."
"They know that's part of this business," he said of his players. "Our kids are very good, and they came out and responded very well."
The question is how they'll respond against the No. 3 rushing offense in the country.
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By Billy Graham • December 22, 2012 • Topics: Depression, Holidays
You aren't alone; I suspect many who are reading this have had a similar experience. Christmas is a very busy time for many people, and it leaves them exhausted — and even wondering if all the busyness was worth it. They also may feel burdened over all the bills they'll be facing.
Nor is it only at Christmas that this happens; sometimes life's greatest highs are followed by life's greatest lows. It happened to the prophet Elijah; shortly after his great victory over the prophets of Ba'al on Mt. Carmel, he fled in despair into the wilderness. He prayed, "I have had enough, Lord…. Take my life" (1 Kings 19:4). But God didn't do this; instead, He assured Elijah that He still had work for him to do. He also refreshed him with rest and food.
If the holidays have been particularly busy for you, take time to get some rest — and don't feel guilty over it! Jesus needed times of rest, and so do we. In addition, take time to plan for next year; if you did too much this year, decide what can be trimmed from your schedule next year.
The most important thing you can do, however, is to pause and let the true meaning of Christmas refresh your soul. Christmas should be more than gifts or parties or times with family. At Christmas, we remember God's love for us — love so great that He sent His Son into the world for our salvation. Let His love fill your heart throughout this holiday season.
Seems like the day after Christmas I feel so empty. It's as if the world has ushered out The Spirit in a rush to push the New Year in and Jesus is forgotten for yet another year or until the next crisis hits. It's during this time I put on the praise and worship music and crank it up!!! Praising our Lord always lifts my spirit!
When we live in the Fast lane of life, We have more problems, It is best to go slower with caution, We will have more time, For rest, and yes PRAY, JESUS CHRIST our SAVIOR, Gave us an example, HE TOOK TIME TO REST AND PRAY, That we also would have peace in our life, PRAISE and BLESS HIS BIRTHDAY, THANK GOD FOR GIVEN HIM TO US, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY,
I too fight depressionat this special time of year. I am single and live alone except for my pets.My mother lives with my sister not too far away, so I go there quite abit and spend Holidays with them.But I am most thankful for my Lord and Saviour.Without Him I would be nothing
I believe that we Christians must stand strong in these troubled times. Reverand Graham is so right, too, in saying that rest is very important at this hectic time of year! We must learn to relax when we can and revel in the beauty of Christmas.
Christmas is meant to celebrate the Birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I am struggling with depression since I have no family (my parents and my husband have passed on) I am trying to remain focused on others at this season and not so much myself, but I must admit that spending Christmas with family would be wonderful…
Its grat to hear God's love;Christ bearing our sins on Calvarys Crossand "by grace are you saved through faith [in Him]
We don't get any holidays with our family until the end of Dec. Our children are busy with parties and in-laws. One non-Christian daughter-in-law works every holiday because of the tremendous pay. So it is just me and my husband and I am totally disabled with multiple health problems. Holidays are never happy. I've been in my bed for 9 years now and each year gets worse. I feel nothing anymore. I can't do the cooking, baking and decorating I used to love to do. Now I just lay in bed. How in the world can I find the meaning of Christmas? Without health, you have nothing except tears and hurt feelings.
Bonnie-I understand your despair and depression at this time of year. I have 3 grown children that have gone their own way, along with all the grandchildren, except a 9 year old that we raise. She has mental and emotional problems, my husband has multiple health problems and so do I. It is my prayer that God will touch you this season in a way that you never felt possible. I know your desperation because I am at that point myself right now. I pray that all those who are battling the devil of depression rise up and tell Satan, "no more will I be shackled by the things that you try to use to bind and hinder me. I am a child of God and will not be tormented and deceived by your ploys". May God bless each and everyone that is in this situation and may you see the glory of His presence and rise up and praise Him for His unending and unconditional love.


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What is a urinary tract infection?A urinary tract infection (UTI) is a bacterial infection of any part of the urinary tract, which includes the kidneys and bladder. UTI's usually affect just the bladder, but can also extend up into the kidneys, which is a more severe infection. Unlike other areas of the body (like the skin and mouth - which are usually colonized with bacteria), the urinary tract should be sterile. In other words, it is not normal to find bacteria in the urine. When bacteria are found in the urine, especially in association with specific symptoms (such as frequent and/or painful urination), a UTI is diagnosed and requires antibiotic therapy.
Are UTI's common in children?
In fact, UTI's are very common, affecting 8.4% of girls and 1.7% of boys by the age of 7. Children with UTI's may present with a variety of symptoms, such as: fever, frequent and/or painful urination, and new onset incontinence or urgency (having to rush to get to the bathroom on time). The same bacterium, E. coli, causes over 80% of these infections, and they all require antibiotics for treatment.
Learn more about pediatric urology at Brenner Children's Hospital.Why do UTI's happen?All UTI's are caused by bacteria outside of the bladder traveling into the bladder via the urethra (tube you urinate out of) in large enough numbers to attach to the bladder wall and begin to multiply. It is important to remember that all of us have bacteria growing in the area right around the opening of the urethra, but most of us do not get UTI's. There are several reasons for this. First of all, boys have a longer urethra than girls, which provides some protection against UTI's just because the bacteria have to travel a longer distance to get into the bladder. It is also easier for boys than girls to keep the area around their urethra clean and dry and free of irritation, which may also contribute to a higher rate of UTI in girls.Another risk factor for UTI's is antibiotic therapy for other illnesses. The reason antibiotic therapy for other illnesses can cause UTI's can be explained as follows. When we are healthy, we have helpful bacteria living on the skin in the area around the urethra, which are not likely to cause UTI's, and their presence keeps away the more dangerous bacteria (usually located in the colon), because they leave no room for the other bacteria to grow. When a child is treated for an infection with antibiotics (such as an ear infection), the antibiotics often wipe out the beneficial bacteria around the urethra as well, allowing the more dangerous bacteria to grow into the area, and often into the bladder. That is why many efforts to prevent UTI's in children are focused on maintaining or replacing helpful bacteria.Brenner Children's Hospital sees the biggest risk factor for UTI's in children as "voiding dysfunction". When children are toilet trained, they learn to hold their urine and/or stools, and since they are just kids and have other things on their minds (playing, television, etc.) they often put off urinating and/or passing bowel movements to the last possible moment. This problem, which we'll call "holding", is very frustrating for parents and can cause a number of problems for the child.The results of this abnormal behavior usually include daytime wetting, having to rush to the bathroom to get there on time, and constipation. These children may develop an unstable or hyperactive bladder, and often curtsey or squat to hold in their urine or stool. The high pressures that develop in the bladder due to this behavior are dangerous to the health of the kidneys and bladder. The constipation that develops from holding makes the children have hard stools that are painful to pass, reinforcing the bad behavior.The reason this "holding" can cause UTI's is because one of the body's defense mechanism against infections is the regular flow of the urine out of the bladder, which prevents the bacteria living around the urethra from gaining access to the urinary tract. However, if a child continually fights the urge to void, delaying bladder emptying, there is less of this urine flow to prevent bacteria from accessing the urethra. Also, when you have a strong urge to void, the bladder has already prepared itself to empty, opening the bladder neck and allowing urine into the urethra. If a child fights the urge to empty, clamping down on their urethra, the urine is directed back into the bladder as the urge subsides, allowing the bacteria that reside in the urethra access into the bladder.It is important to remember that some children may also have an anatomic problem in their urinary tract that makes them more susceptible to UTI's (such as reflux or obstruction), so any child with a history of a UTI needs an evaluation by a pediatric urologist.
How do you treat or prevent UTI's in children?Active UTI's are treated with antibiotics for 3-10 days, depending on the severity. Some children need to stay on a low, prophylactic dose of antibiotics for a short while to break the cycle of frequently recurring infections. Children with voiding dysfunction may require medicines to relax their bladder (so they have less urgency, and can make it to the bathroom on time) or medicines to relax their bladder neck (so they empty their bladder to completion when they do void). Brenner Children's recommends all children with recurrent infections should be placed on a timed schedule of emptying their bladder every 2 hours while awake.If there is a congenital, anatomic abnormality causing the infections, then this anomaly can often be repaired with surgery. What are some of the misconceptions about pediatric UTI's?There are several myths regarding the causes of UTI's with little or no scientific data to support them that we hear from Brenner Children's Hospital families. For example, there is no good data that the method of wiping in girls has any significant impact on the incidence of UTI's. Of course, it is probably a good habit to have girls wipe front to back, but improper wiping is not a major cause of UTI's. In fact, infants in diapers often have contamination of the area around the urethra with feces, and this does not lead to UTI's.Also, tub bathing, bubble baths, and/or swimming in pools cannot directly cause UTI's. Some children, especially girls, have very sensitive skin in the area around the urethra, and exposure to bath or pool water may irritate this area, and in these cases avoiding these environments, or using Vaseline or diaper cream as a skin protectant is wise. However, these irritants cannot by themselves cause a UTI. Also, sodas, or other drinks such as juices, while not being ideal for children for many reasons (such as sugar and caffeine content), cannot cause UTI's in children. Can cranberry juice help prevent or treat UTI's?There is some evidence that cranberry juice can help prevent UTI in adults, but little support for its use in children. There is also NO evidence that cranberry juice can treat an active UTI infection.What is the take home message for UTI's in children?Brenner Children's Hospital feels the most important risk factor for UTI's in children without congenital anomalies of the urinary tract is the number of times a day they "hold" their urine, or delay emptying their bladder. Therefore, if children empty their bladder to completion regularly (every 2 hours while awake), and keep the area around their urethra clean and dry, then the risk of UTI's will decrease greatly.
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